Producing Australian Brands for 20 years

Ferndale Confectionery is an Australian confectionery business, who is 100% family owned, demonstrating sustained business success.

Founded on world class product quality and a highly focused business strategy, Ferndale’s brands, including JILA® mints, JOLS® fruit pastilles and LICORETTE®, provide convenient guilt-free enjoyment for millions of consumers throughout Australia and around the world.

The company’s Delacombe factory has been continually upgraded and produces in excess of 30+ million packs per annum, using world best practice manufacturing and management systems.

Ferndale has developed some of Australia’s favourite confectionery brands, that are now sold worldwide.

Established in 1995 by the Edward family in Ballarat, to develop, produce and market new innovative confectionery concepts and brands.

Competing with large multinationals in a highly competitive marketplace, by developing high quality, popular brands with unique attributes and benefits. Ferndale exports Australian brands all over the world.

By focusing on a clear hierarchy of market imperatives – QUALITY, VALUE, AVAILABILITY, ADVERTISING and PROMOTION, the business has established a portfolio of highly popular, market leading brands both in Australia and overseas.

Operates a world class manufacturing plant, producing in excess of 20 million items per annum, distributed nationally and to 14 export markets.